In the past, Rozen once thought that Ashiya Michita used a forbidden spell to survive for thousands of years until now.
The forbidden technique referred to here was not a forbidden technique like Mount Tai Prefect's Sacrifice, but a real forbidden technique, which had been identified as an evil technique from ancient times to the present, an evil technique that made people tremble in fear.
As mentioned before, if Rozen wasn't limited by human principles and used all the Taboo Techniques in his mind without restraint, his strength would at least be several times stronger.
That was because even though Forbidden Techniques were evil, they were doubtlessly powerful. By paying a tremendous price, one could obtain a corresponding amount of power. Even if Forbidden Techniques were despised by others and viewed as a shortcut, evil, or something that deviated from the right path and would not have a good ending, it still wouldn't change the fact that once Forbidden Techniques were used, it would be impossible for orthodox techniques to withstand them.
Take the Soma Clan's God Summoning Ritual for example, it was Yakanaru and Shidomaru who used their own lives as the price, and regardless of the safety of the citizens, triggered two Spirit Disasters in succession to activate the Spirit Veins, and the result was only one of them. It was already a terrifying forbidden spell, but compared to a real forbidden spell, it was quite mild.
Not to mention anything else, that kind of ritual that sacrificed hundreds of human lives as a sacrifice, once successfully performed, could achieve a very powerful effect and power. Compared to this evil forbidden spell, using only one person's life as the price to trigger a Spirit Disaster and cause a terrorist attack, wasn't it mild?
Since ancient times, there had been quite a number of such evil forbidden techniques.
For example, the ritual that used the blood of hundreds of girls as a catalyst, the ritual that used the placenta of hundreds of women as a condition, and even the ritual that used thousands of souls as a sacrifice, there were many such forbidden spells.
That was the so-called evil path, evil path, and unorthodox path. It was extremely dangerous, but it was undeniable that it was really easy for people to obtain great power.
If the orthodox method was to build an apartment step by step, and one day, one day, the apartment would be completed and the owner would be able to live in it comfortably, then the true forbidden method would be to directly take away someone else's apartment, disregarding the owner's life and pain, and to build one's own happiness on someone else's pain. This was the power to take pleasure in it.
Ashiya Michita was a well-known evil Yin-Yang master. He was best at forbidden spells, which was why he became an enemy of Abe no Seimei, who was an orthodox Yin-Yang master.
If he wanted to extend his life and live for a thousand years through evil forbidden spells, even if it couldn't be said to be easy, it was not impossible.
For example, he could allow his soul to reside in someone else's body and take over someone else's body in order to continue living in this world. This shouldn't be too difficult for this legendary Yin-Yang master, right?
But in fact, Rozen's prediction was only half correct.
In the past, when he confirmed Ashiya Michita's identity with Kurahashi Miyo, Otomo, and Kimuko Chan, Rozen had already said that.
If Ashiya Michita really still existed in the world, it was very likely that he was a god.
Since existences like Taira no Masakado and Emperor Chongde could become vengeful spirits after death and then gods, how could Ashiya Michita, as a legendary Grand Yin-Yang Master, not be a god?
However, unlike other gods, Ashiya Michita was an evil mage. Rather than calling him a god, it was better to call him a desolate spirit, or commonly known as a desolate soul.
In Japan, the Shinto believed that the soul of a god was composed of four parts: the desolate spirit, the wo spirit, the good spirit, and the strange spirit. Each spirit had different functions and cooperated with each other.
The desolate spirit referred to violent gods, gods who caused disasters, gods who deviated from the right path, and gods who were violent and abnormal would cause all kinds of disasters in the world.
Many souls of people who died unnatural deaths or great people would be sacrificed as desolate spirits. For example, the four vengeful spirits were actually desolate spirits.
Like the four vengeful spirits, Ashiya Michita belonged to the category of desolate spirits. He was a type of god — desolate spirit.
In the Path of Yin-Yang, even if his appearance was seen as a god, it wouldn't be an exaggeration.
However, Ashiya Michita's existence wasn't based on the miracle of a god's descent. It was simply his own choice.
"Generally speaking, the so-called god refers to the spiritual disaster in Phase E5. After the spiritual disaster reaches Phase E4, it will continue to evolve. After reaching the limit of the chain, the spiritual energy will no longer be distorted. Instead, it will return to its normal form and be accepted by the world. Then, it will become one of the forms of spiritual energy in all things and become a part of the world."
Rozen's voice slowly sounded.
"However, after reaching Phase E5, the spiritual disaster will disperse and become a part of the universal collective consciousness. In other words, it will become a part of the existence called 'god.' Not only will it not retain its own consciousness, but it will also not be able to freely appear in the world."
In this case, under normal circumstances, no one would want to become like this.
At least, that was the case for Ashiya Michita.
"In terms of classification, you are already a Phase 5 existence, but you don't want your existence to be diluted. You don't want to merge with the spiritual energy of all things and become a part of the world. You lose your self-consciousness and your freedom, so you can't appear on the ground. So, you chose to use a human body as a form. Through the restraint of the form, you deliberately let yourself stay at the Phase 3 stage, using this method to exist in the world."
When he first met Ashiya Michita, Rozen peeped at Ashiya Michita's body through the power of Eye of the Mind. There seemed to be a dark, terrifying, evil shadow attached to Ashiya Michita's body, like a ghost, roaring at him.
That was correct.
That was how Ashiya Michita existed. He used the old man's body or corpse as an object to stay in the world until now.
In other words, Ashiya Michita preserved his own concept of existence and self-consciousness by becoming a ghost and becoming Phase E3.
In order to wait for his reincarnated master to appear again, Ashiya Michita continued to follow him and found Ashiya Michita. He became Ashiya Michita's shikigami for half a century and took a part of Ashiya Michita's spirit for research. In the end, he abandoned his body and turned into a spiritual existence, imitating Ashiya Michita's way of existence.
Therefore, at this moment, there was no doubt that what appeared in front of Rozen was a kind of god. Although it was a spirit of Ashiya Michita, and in order to stay in the world, he stayed in the stage of Phase E3 and didn't reach the level of Phase E5. But that was the result of using form to shackle his own concept of existence and self-consciousness.
If Ashiya Michita abandoned that body, he could return to his true form as a spirit of Ashiya Michita.
Unfortunately, he didn't intend to do so.
"This world is very interesting."
Ashiya Michita smiled at Rozen.
"Although it has become rather boring now, only the 'curse' will never change. Just like the Earth Imperial School's Night Light in the past, it combined almost all the curse systems from ancient times to the present to create the Emperor Style. That was truly a delightful experience. Now, this delightful experience has appeared once again. It is precisely because of this that I need to continue struggling at death's door in this world."
Ashiya Michita's words were full of yearning and dedication to curse.
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